Watch your step, Your Highness. The royal carriage had an accident: King Willem-Alexander and his wife Queen Maxima
arrive at the Hall of Knights for the official opening of the new parliamentary year in The Hague,
Netherlands. less

Watch your step, Your Highness. The royal carriage had an accident: King Willem-Alexander and his wife Queen Maxima arrive at the Hall of Knights for the official opening of the new parliamentary year in ... more

Lasses of the lowlands: Sophie Feijer and other girls are dressed in traditional attire as they celebrate the opening of the Dutch parliament at The Hague.

Lasses of the lowlands: Sophie Feijer and other girls are dressed in traditional attire as they celebrate the opening of the Dutch parliament at The Hague.

Photo: Peter Dejong, Associated Press

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National Guard to the rescue: Staff Sgt. Jose Pantoja, a flight medic with the Colorado Air National Guard, rides with an unidentified evacuee
up a hoist onto a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during flood rescue operations near Boulder, Colo. Military
helicopter crews have flown hundreds of missions up the treacherous canyons of the Rocky Mountains to rescue
more than 2,000 people, and to drop food and water supplies to stranded hamlets. less

National Guard to the rescue: Staff Sgt. Jose Pantoja, a flight medic with the Colorado Air National Guard, rides with an unidentified evacuee up a hoist onto a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during flood ... more

Myrtle man: An ultra-Orthodox Jew examines a hadas (myrtle branch) - one of the four items used as a symbol on the
Jewish holiday of Sukkot - for blemishes at a store in Jerusalem's Mea Shearim neighborhood. He must make sure it
is ritually acceptable before purchasing it. less

Myrtle man: An ultra-Orthodox Jew examines a hadas (myrtle branch) - one of the four items used as a symbol on the Jewish holiday of Sukkot - for blemishes at a store in Jerusalem's Mea Shearim ... more

Oldest person that ever lived gets a microwave oven: Carmelo Flores, a native Aymara, holds a medal given to
him by the governor of La Paz in recognition of his longevity inside his home in the village of Frasquia,
Bolivia. If Bolivia's public records are correct, Flores is the oldest living person ever documented: He turned
123 in July. Bolivia's President Evo Morales visited Flores, bearing gifts that included a microwave oven, a
television and bedspreads. less

Oldest person that ever lived gets a microwave oven: Carmelo Flores, a native Aymara, holds a medal given to him by the governor of La Paz in recognition of his longevity inside his home in the village of ... more

Stop killing dogs, Ukraine: A husky lies by its owner during an animal rights rally held outside the Ministry of Interior in Kiev. The
protesters demanded an end to the state sanctioned culling of stray animals. less

Stop killing dogs, Ukraine: A husky lies by its owner during an animal rights rally held outside the Ministry of Interior in Kiev. The protesters demanded an end to the state sanctioned culling of stray ... more

Great. Our antlers are locked. Now what? Two young bucks battle for dominance in a deer park in Birkholz, Germany.

Great. Our antlers are locked. Now what? Two young bucks battle for dominance in a deer park in Birkholz, Germany.

Photo: Patrick Pleul, AFP/Getty Images

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The hard part is burping him: A diver bottle-feeds a whale shark at the Hakkeijima Sea Paradise aquarium in Yokohama, Japan.

The hard part is burping him: A diver bottle-feeds a whale shark at the Hakkeijima Sea Paradise aquarium in Yokohama, Japan.

Photo: Yoshikazu Tsuno, AFP/Getty Images

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Kissing on the dock o' the bay: A young couple get romantic in the northern port city of Thessaloniki, Greece.

Kissing on the dock o' the bay: A young couple get romantic in the northern port city of Thessaloniki, Greece.

Photo: Nikolas Giakoumidis, Associated Press

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A refugee girl drinks water leaking from a public water source on the outskirts of Islamabad. Pakistan
hosts over 1.6 million registered Afghans, the largest and most protracted refugee population in the world. less

A refugee girl drinks water leaking from a public water source on the outskirts of Islamabad. Pakistan hosts over 1.6 million registered Afghans, the largest and most protracted refugee population in the ... more

Photo: Muhammed Muheisen, Associated Press

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Ready for takeoff: Israeli marine biologist Yaniv Levy holds a Loggerhead turtle
hatchling after it crawled out of its nest at a protected hatchery near his sea turtle rescue center near Netanya, Israel.

Ready for takeoff: Israeli marine biologist Yaniv Levy holds a Loggerhead turtle hatchling after it crawled out of its nest at a protected hatchery near his sea turtle rescue center near Netanya, Israel.

Tom's new friends: Visitors get acquainted with a turkey at The Gentle Barn near Santa Clarita, Calif. The sanctuary is home to 170 rescued animals, of whom many were severely abused and mistreated.

Tom's new friends: Visitors get acquainted with a turkey at The Gentle Barn near Santa Clarita, Calif. The sanctuary is home to 170 rescued animals, of whom many were severely abused and mistreated.

Photo: Joe Klamar, AFP/Getty Images

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A few laps around the pool: Huxley the yellow lab gives his owner, Eric Smith, some sloppy licks during the Doggy
Dip at the H-E-B Pool in Corpus Christi, Texas.

A few laps around the pool: Huxley the yellow lab gives his owner, Eric Smith, some sloppy licks during the Doggy Dip at the H-E-B Pool in Corpus Christi, Texas.

Photo: Michael Zamora, Associated Press

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You never know when you'll need the cavalry in 2013: Dutch cavalrymen gallop through colored smoke
during drills at the beach of Scheveningen, Netherlands. The eighty horsemen were practicing for "any possible
emergency" during Tuesday's Prinsjesdag ceremony, marking the opening of the Dutch parliament. less

You never know when you'll need the cavalry in 2013: Dutch cavalrymen gallop through colored smoke during drills at the beach of Scheveningen, Netherlands. The eighty horsemen were practicing for "any ... more

Photo: Jasper Juinen, Getty Images

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Watching from the sidelines: Evacuees affected by a stand-off between Philippine government forces and Muslim rebels in Zamboanga wait out
the conflict in wooden boats used as temporary living quarters. Philippine troops were clearing out the last
remaining pockets of Muslim rebels after an operation in the south that killed dozens of militants and
allowed scores of hostages to flee. less

Watching from the sidelines: Evacuees affected by a stand-off between Philippine government forces and Muslim rebels in Zamboanga wait out the conflict in wooden boats used as temporary living quarters. ... more

Photo: Ted Aljibe, AFP/Getty Images

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